Classificação Científica
| Reino: | Animalia |
| Filo: | Chordata |
| Classe: | Aves |
| Ordem: | Passeriformes |
| Subordem: | Tyranni |
| Infraordem: | Tyrannides |
| Wetmore & Miller, 1926 | |
| Parvordem: | Tyrannida |
| Família: | Pipridae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Subfamília: | Piprinae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Espécie: | C. cornuta |
Nome Científico
Ceratopipra cornuta(Spix, 1825)
Nome em Inglês
Scarlet-horned Manakin
Scarlet-horned Manakin
The Scarlet-horned Manakin is a passeriforme of the family Pipridae.
Characteristics
It is 12.5 cm in length. The male is black with a red head on which the feathers of the hindcrown are elongated to form two “horns”. The thighs are also red and the iris is white. The female is olive-green with a paler belly. There is a slight tuft on the hindcrown and the iris is darker than the male's.
Food
Breeding
Like other members of the family, the male has a complex lekking display. The red thighs are displayed conspicuously and there are rapid flights, tail flicking and “moon-walking” involved. The lek size is smaller than in many congeners.
Habits
It is uncommon to locally fairly common in humid forest and mature secondary woodland on tepuis at between 500 and 1800 metres.
Distribution
As a bird of the tepuis it is present in Brazil only in the state of Roraima in the upper Rio Branco and, as Robson Czaban's photo shows, on the Pico da Neblina in the upper Rio Negro. It is found in adjacent areas of Venezuela and Guyana.
Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves
References
- Portal Brasil 500 Pássaros, Dançador-de-crista - Disponível em http://webserver.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p352.htm Acesso em 13 mai. 2009
